WinPE
Used to install Windows >= 7 with OPSI.
Gernal Information about WinPE at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Preinstallation_Environment
Preparing WinPE from Linux
The (excellent) OPSI documentation describes at length, how to prepare a full OS Windows installation (see https://download.uib.de/opsi4.1/documentation/html/en/opsi-getting-started-v4.1/opsi-getting-started-v4.1.html#opsi-getting-started-firststeps-osinstall-fill-base-packages-nt6).
This can be archived quicker, especially, the preparing WinPE can be done directly on the Linux OPSI server, instead of using Windows and the need to install Windows ADK (or formerly WAIK):
Have your Windows installation ISO available. We assume, it is named /tmp/Win10_x64.iso.
#
# Variables. Adapt them to your needs.
#
WINDOWS_ISO=/tmp/Win10_x64.iso
PROD=win10-x64
#
# install required software
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sudo apt install wimtools syslinux p7zip-full
# CentOS/SUSE: yum install wimtools syslinux p7zip p7zip-plugins
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# Install required OPSI product
#
opsi-package-updater install ${PROD}
cd /var/lib/opsi/depot/${PROD}
#
# Copy ISO content to installfiles
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7z x ${WINDOWS_ISO} installfiles
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# Create winpe
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mkdir -p winpe-overlay/Windows/System32
printf "%s\r\n" "c:\opsi\startnet.cmd" > winpe-overlay/Windows/System32/startnet.cmd
mkdir -p winpe/sources
cp -a installfiles/boot* installfiles/efi winpe/
mkwinpeimg --windows-dir=installfiles --overlay=winpe-overlay --only-wim winpe/sources/boot.wim
opsi-setup --set-rights
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# Adapt produkts
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opsi-admin -d method updateWIMConfig ${PROD}
Using 7z x ${SRC} -o${DEST} is a shortcut to avoid mounting the ISO or disk image files.
If you prefer, you can use this:
TMP=$(mktemp -d)
sudo mount ${SRC} ${TMP}
cp -a ${TMP}/. ${DEST]/.
sudo umount ${TMP}
Outdated approaches
WinPE 4.0
Modify WinPE for OPSI
Install Windows ADK, see "Windows Deployment with the Windows ADK" at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824947.aspx
Perform the following commands:
c: rem Set Environment variables cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools DandIsetenv rem Create Initial winpe directory cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment copype amd64 c:\winpe rem Mount and modify WinPE boot image cd c:\winpe dism /Get-WIMInfo /WimFile:C:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim dism /cleanup-wim dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\winpe\media\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\winpe\mount type C:\winpe\mount\Windows\System32\startnet.cmd echo c:\opsi\startnet.cmd > C:\winpe\mount\Windows\System32\startnet.cmd dism /unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\winpe\mount /Commit
Copy media subdirectory as winpe Directory to OPSI server:
cp media/. /var/lib/opsi/depot/win*\winpe/.
WinPE 3.x
Since Windows 7.
Alternatively use following commands:
Install Windows WAIK
c: rem Create Initial winpe directory c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\copype.cmd amd64 c:\winpe64 copy c:\winpe64\winpe.wim c:\winpe64\ISO\sources\boot.wim # set variables set wim=c:\winpe64\ISO\sources\boot.wim set md=c:\winpe64\mount rem Mount and modify WinPE boot image cd c:\winpe64 dism /Get-WIMInfo /WimFile:%wim% dism /cleanup-wim dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%wim% /index:1 /MountDir:%md% type C:\winpe64\mount\Windows\System32\startnet.cmd echo c:\opsi\startnet.cmd > %md%\Windows\System32\startnet.cmd dism /unmount-Wim /MountDir:%md% /Commit
More customazations are explained at wiki:opsi/dism
Copy ISO subdirectory as winpe Directory to OPSI server:
cp ISO/. /var/lib/opsi/depot/win*\winpe/.
Hint: The boot.wim file is also accessable by the 7z archiving programm (at least for WinPE versions <4.0)
Other
- wiki:opsi/dism
- some other hints concerning OPSI WinPE Images
- Building a Windows PE Image with Optional Components
